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The Real Problem with Fox News

A case study

By Ben Adler   Mar 25, 2011 at 04:35 PM

On Thursday night, Fox News anchor Bret Baier was Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show. The two men went... More

Governor’s Inbox Puts Deputy Prosecutor Out (Updated)

Walker’s e-mails give Wisconsin watchdog a story

By Joel Meares   Mar 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM

A young Indiana deputy prosecutor has resigned after an interesting journalistic project sprung from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s release of... More

Steve Inskeep Stands Up for NPR

Challenges notion that network is “liberal” in WSJ

By Joel Meares   Mar 24, 2011 at 03:47 PM

The NPR board may have buckled under the pressure of James O’Keefe’s faux scandal, but weeks after the Schillers... More

CJR Holds a Town Hall at NYU

Students know little about the health law

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 24, 2011 at 01:00 PM

It is birthday week for the Affordable Care Act, the official name of the health reform law passed a year... More

News for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

The Washington Times and the foreign newswire that wasn’t

By Ethan Wilensky-Lanford   Mar 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM

When an outfit calling itself the Central Asia Newswire announced it had set up shop in Astana, Kazakhstan last... More

WaPo and Times Go Softly, Softly with Barbour

Similar profiles tell similar tales

By Joel Meares   Mar 22, 2011 at 02:59 PM

Pity poor Tim Pawlenty. The day after the former Minnesota governor made a shallow splash announcing his presidential exploratory... More

Tom Friedman Declares War

A bum rap for the elderly

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 22, 2011 at 01:46 PM

Tom Friedman was his usual glib self in Sunday’s New York Times, arguing that the two political parties “would rather... More

Pawlenty Just Announced: Quick, Say Something

By Joel Meares   Mar 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty yesterday announced that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, making him the first... More

Juan Williams’ Weak Call to Defund NPR

Ex-employee’s latest attack proves toothless

By Joel Meares   Mar 21, 2011 at 04:43 PM

In a disingenuous column published in The Hill today, onetime NPR news analyst Juan Williams argues that his former employer... More

War Is A Worry, Not Just the Liberal Ones

A look at Ross Douthat’s take on Libya

By Joel Meares   Mar 21, 2011 at 12:36 PM

Two heavy hitters from the left and right are struggling with the weekend’s (aerial) incursion into Libya. Both the Times’s... More

Excluded Voices: Health Care Costs

An interview with Dr. Robert Berenson of the Urban Institute

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 18, 2011 at 11:31 AM

During the health reform debate, we periodically presented Q and A interviews with health care experts whose voices were scarce.... More

Bill to Defund NPR Passes House Vote

White House needs to come out stronger

By Joel Meares   Mar 17, 2011 at 04:49 PM

It’s been a busy twenty-four hours on the “defund NPR” beat. Yesterday, the House Rules Committee convened an emergency... More

Pew’s Spin Through the Online Midterm News Cycle

Survey shows where we got our 2010 campaign news

By Joel Meares   Mar 17, 2011 at 02:08 PM

Reading through comment streams during last year’s midterms, one often had to ask: Where are people getting their “information”... More

WaPo’s New Opinion Tabs Miss the Mark

A flawed way to quantify ideological diversity

By Ben Adler   Mar 17, 2011 at 01:41 PM

The Washington Post, as part of its ongoing web redesign, unveiled an addition to its online opinions section on Monday.... More

Unpacking Rory Reid’s 91 PACs Maneuver

How political reporter Jon Ralston got the story

By Liz Cox Barrett   Mar 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM

If this isn't illegal, it should be. This has been the "almost universal" reaction, says veteran Nevada political reporter Jon... More